When she had them arranged to suit her, she sat on the floor and kept straight on saying the things my mother and sisters seemed crazy to hear.

When Sally showed her the long white silk mitts that went with the bonnet, the Princess cried: "Oh do ride home with me and let me give you a handkerchief Aunt Beatrice sent me, to carry in your hand!" Then her face flushed and she added without giving Sally time to say what she would do: "Or I can bring it the next time I come past.

It belongs with these things and I have no use for it.

May I ?" "Please do! I'll use it for the thing I borrow." "But I mean it to be a gift," said the Princess.

"It was made to go with these lace mitts and satin slippers.